Thomasville convenience store robbed at gunpoint [Raw Video]

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THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- Police on Thursday released surveillance footage of a Thomasville convenience store robbery in hopes the public can help identify the suspect.

According to police, the robbery happened around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Kings Food Mart at 805-A Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

In the raw video, the unidentified suspect can be seen walking into the store before he places a soda on the counter and pulls out a handgun. The clerk then calmly grabs a bag and begins emptying the cash register.

There were no customers inside the store at the time. The clerk was not injured.

The suspect is described as a black male standing about 6' tall and weighing between 220 and 230 pounds.

Anyone with further information is asked to call Crimestoppers at (336) 476-8477 or police at 475-4279.